Closest I can come to describing taste is about halfway between halibut and cod, and very fat and oily.
Generally jigged through the ice is not much of a fight. I hear they fight like hell in the summer, on rod and reel. Or if they miss the jig and you hook them in he eye.
They don't like that!
Dogs love 'em. Or my Lab did.. I've had mushers tell me that if their dogs go on food strike, they'll always start eating again if it is sheefish.
